Articles · Topic
Articles about Security
18 articles across 5 sections
Section
Self-Reliance
Window Security: Locks, Film, and Sensors
Evidence-based window security upgrades: pin locks, sash locks, security film, glass-break sensors, and basement window protection. Budget-friendly steps for renters and homeowners.
Daily Security Habits
The locking routine, spare key rules, garage discipline, visitor protocols, and what to keep quiet. The behavioral layer no hardware purchase replaces.
Digital Life: Steady in a Connected World
Your digital life is household infrastructure. Account security, scam recognition, AI literacy, and digital records, taught calmly.
Door Security: Deadbolts, Strike Plates, and Frames
The highest-return door upgrades for residential security: ANSI-graded deadbolts, reinforced strike plates, solid-core doors, and hinge protection. Evidence-based, budget-friendly steps.
Home Alarm Systems: Monitored vs. Self-Monitored, Sensors, and How to Choose
A plain-language guide to home alarm systems: monitored vs. self-monitored, entry sensors, glass-break detectors, false alarm prevention, Enhanced Call Verification, and how to choose a system without overpaying. Evidence-based approach covering the 94-98% false alarm rate and its impact on police response.
Home Security Without Paranoia
What the research on residential crime actually shows, and the calm, evidence-based case for lighting, locks, habits, and neighbors.
Household Security
Protect your household from fraud, scams, and identity theft. How scams work, protecting older adults, credit freezes, account safeguards, and where to report.
Lighting and Visibility: Motion Sensors, Placement, and Exterior Lighting Strategy
Evidence-based exterior lighting for residential security: lumen ranges by zone, motion sensor types and placement, dusk-to-dawn strategy, color temperature for cameras, and findings from the NYC Crime Lab randomized controlled trial showing 39% reduction in nighttime crime.
Renter's Guide, Shelter & Home Security, New World Survival
The definitive renter's guide to everyday preparedness. Renter's insurance, deposit-safe security, lease literacy, landlord communication, small-space storage, budget tiers, and self-reliance without
Security Cameras: Placement, Storage, Resolution, and Privacy for Home Use
A plain-language guide to home security cameras: where to place them, wired vs. wireless, local vs. cloud storage, resolution, night vision, privacy law, WiFi jamming vulnerability, and realistic costs. Covers 7 priority camera locations, 5 commonly missed blind spots, and the hybrid storage approach that balances cost and evidence protection.
Shelter & Home Security
A practical guide to making your home safer, stronger, and more resilient. Fire safety, home security, shelter-in-place, and more.
The Layers of Home Security
A seven-layer framework for home security, from the property perimeter to daily habits. Assess each layer and build from the outside in.
Section
Preparedness
After a Crime: What to Do Right Now
Safety first, then the report through the right door, then the help most victims never hear about: VictimConnect at 1-855-484-2846, state victim compensation, IdentityTheft.gov, and the FBI's IC3 for online fraud.
Suspicious Mail: What to Do Right Now
Stop and do not handle it. The Postal Service's own warning signs for a suspicious letter or package, the four steps if one is in front of you, what to do about unknown powder, and the numbers to call.
Section
Household Stability and Income
Steady: Start With What Feels Least Secure
Five household concerns, one calm starting point. Pick what feels least secure right now, and this page hands you to the guide that helps.
When Something Looks Off: Technology and Scams
A calm starting point for scam calls, suspicious messages, and account security. The guides, checklists, and next steps for staying safe online and off, in one place.